driftnet
Picks out and displays images from network traffic
network-sniffingRed Team
Toolnetwork-sniffingredLinuxKali LinuxPlatforms: Linux · Last verified September 6, 2026
Inspired by EtherPEG, Driftnet is a program which listens to network traffic and picks out images from TCP streams it observes. It is interesting to run it on a host which sees a lot of web traffic.
Only use this tool against systems you own or are explicitly authorized to test — see the disclaimer.
Getting started
See the official Kali tool page and upstream homepage linked above for installation and usage details.
